(Friday practice update: Safety Tyvon Branch (ankle, neck) was back at practice Friday, after missing the first three this week, and looks like a go for Sunday. Defensive tackle Richard Seymour, who tweaked his hamstring injury at practice Thursday, was not on the field and looks to be out for the Chiefs game. The soon-to-be free agent has likely played his last home game for the Raiders.)

Backup tight ends David Ausberry and Richard Gordon may have gotten excited when they heard general manager Reggie McKenzie and coach Dennis Allen talking about younger players getting more of a look now that the 3-10 season has gone off the rails.

Sorry guys, they weren’t talking about you.

Ausberry and Gordon each got on the field for only one offensive snap last week against Denver, after a combined two snaps the game before, and that pattern doesn’t look to change. Offensive lineman Tony Bergstrom is playing at the extra tight end spot now, along with starter Brandon Myers, in big running formations.

Allen says he and McKenzie know what they have in Ausberry and Gordon, and don’t need to see them any more, other than their usual special teams roles.

“I think we’ve had a chance to look at these guys a little bit,” Allen said. “I think we kind of know what we’ve got in these guys. They’re still in the lineup, and they’ll still be used pretty much the same way we’ve used them.

Ausberry, a converted receiver out of USC, has seven catches for 92 yards in his second year, and Gordon, in his second year out of Miami, has two catches for nine yards and a touchdown. Ausberry had 16 snaps on special teams last week and Gordon had 15.